Apr 20, 2018 | Artist, U-Z
Linda Vallejo Painter, Installation Artist Portrait © Donna Granata 2009 Oil on canvas…found tree fragments…tinker toys…recycled Styrofoam. Add a deeply-held conviction about humanity’s relationship to the world and you enter the world of Linda Vallejo....
Apr 20, 2018 | Artist, U-Z
Bill Viola Video/Installation Artist Portrait © Donna Granata 2011 Bill Viola is internationally recognized as one of today’s leading artists. In 2011 he was named a Praemium Imperiale Laureate, one of the world’s most prestigious art awards. Another project, two...
Apr 20, 2018 | Artist, U-Z
Kathleen C. Waggoner Ceramist Portrait © Donna Granata 2005 Kathleen Waggoner shapes the song of woman – searching, triumphant and proud – in clay. It is the exploration and expression of human emotion, of feelings not easily put into words, that drives...
Apr 20, 2018 | Artist, U-Z
Sally Weber Holographic artist Portrait © Donna Granata 2002 Sally Weber’s innovative use of holography is a striking reminder that art itself is constantly evolving. The entire concept of paint, palette and canvas is completely re-evaluated in Weber’s...
Apr 20, 2018 | Artist, U-Z
Nancy Whitman Painter Portrait © Donna Granata 2004 Born in Chicago, Nancy Whitman earned a fine arts degree from the University of Wisconsin. She followed this with a year of graduate study at the Chicago Art Institute and another extremely formative year in Paris,...
Apr 20, 2018 | Artist, U-Z
Kevin Wallace Curator/Writer Portrait © Donna Granata 2012 A funny thing happened to Kevin Wallace on the road to becoming a rock star. He became a curator and a writer and, in July 2007, director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts. Along the way, Wallace’s...